HomeMy WebLinkAbout141 - 01/05/1993 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO LIMITATIONS FOR NONRESIDENTIAL USES IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD S ORDINANCE NO. 141 , 1992
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING THE SIGN CODE RELATING TO LIMITATIONS
FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD SIGN DISTRICT
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the title of Section 29-593 of the Code of the City,
"Limitations for Nonresidential Districts and Uses" is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 29-593. General limitations for nonresidential districts and
uses.
Section 2. That a new Section 29-593. 1 is hereby added to the Code of the
City, which new Section shall read as follows:
Sec. 29-593.1. Limitations for non-residential districts and
uses in the Residential Neighborhood Sign
District.
There is hereby established a "Residential Neighborhood Sign
District for the purpose of regulating signs for non-residential
uses in certain geographical areas of the city which may be
particularly affected by such signs because of their predominantly
residential use and character. The boundaries of the Sign District
shall be shown on a map which shall be maintained in the office of
the City Clerk. Any amendments to this map shall be made in the
same manner as amendments to the zoning district map of the city, as
provided in Sections 29-23 and 29-24. The following provisions shall
only apply to proposed neighborhood service centers, neighborhood
convenience shopping centers, business service uses and auto-related
and roadside commercial uses in the Residential Neighborhood Sign
District which are developed on or after January 15, 1993. In
addition, all such provisions, except subsections 14 and 15 below,
shall apply to signs in neighborhood service centers, neighborhood
convenience shopping centers, business service uses and auto-related
and roadside commercial uses in the "Residential Neighborhood Sign
District" which were developed prior to the effective date of this
ordinance, whenever such signs are erected or remodeled pursuant to
a permit after January 15, 1993.
(1) Signs regulated under this Section shall generally
conform to the other requirements of Chapter 29, Article
IV, except that when any of the following limitations
are applicable to a particular sign, the more
restrictive limitation shall apply.
(2) Signs regulated under this Section shall also conform to
any locational requirements imposed by the Planning and
Zoning Board as a condition of the approval of the
planned unit development plan under Section 29-526.
Except as to location, the Planning and Zoning Board
shall not impose more restrictive requirements or
conditions than required under this Section.
(3) No sign shall project more than twelve (12) inches
beyond the building fascia. Under-canopy signs which
are perpendicular to the face of the building shall be
exempted from this requirement except that they shall be
limited to four (4) square feet in area per face.
(4) Freestanding or ground signs shall comply with the
following requirements with respect to size, number and
height:
MAXIMUM
NUMBER SIGNS
MAXIMUM AREA PERMITTED PER
PER STREET MAXIMUM
USE SIGN FACE FRONTAGE HEIGHT
AUTO-RELATED AND PRIMARY 32 S.F. PRIMARY - I PRIMARY - 5
ROADSIDE FT.
COMMERCIAL AND
BUSINESS SERVICE
USES
NEIGHBOR- PRIMARY 40 S.F. PRIMARY - 1 PRIMARY - 8
HOOD CONVENIENCE FT.
SHOPPING CENTER
NEIGHBOR- PRIMARY 55 S.F. PRIMARY - 1 PRIMARY
HOOD SERVICE SECONDARY - SECONDARY - 1 10 FT.
CENTER 32 S.F. SECONDARY
6 FT.
(5) Freestanding signs shall be permitted only if
constructed with a supporting sign structure, the width
of which exceeds seventy (70) percent of the width of
the sign face. Freestanding or ground signs shall
contain no more than two (2) faces. No freestanding or
ground sign shall be located less than seventy-five (75)
feet from any directly abutting property which contains
an existing or approved residential use or is zoned for
residential use. For the purposes of this subsection,
the term "approved" shall be defined as having current
preliminary or final planned unit development approval .
(6) All supporting sign structures of a freestanding or
ground sign shall match the primary finish and colors of
the associated building(s) .
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(7) All signs which are greater than four (4) square feet in
area, except ground signs and those signs which
replicate a business logo, must be comprised only of
individual letters or cabinets wherein only the letters
are illuminated.
(8) The maximum size of individual letters and logos on
flushwall signs and flush wall cabinets shall be as
follows:
MAXIMUM
MAXIMUM MAXIMUM LOGO CABINET
USE LETTER HEIGHT HEIGHT HEIGHT
AUTO-RELATED AND 12" 18" 18"
ROADSIDE
COMMERCIAL AND
BUSINESS SERVICE
USES
NEIGHBORHOOD 18" 24" 24"
CONVENIENCE
SHOPPING CENTER
NEIGHBORHOOD 2411* 30"* 30"*
SERVICE CENTER F 11
* Any individual tenant space exceeding forty-five thousand (45,000) square
feet in floor area shall be permitted one (1) flushwall sign with
individual letters not to exceed forty-eight (48) inches in height and/or
logos not to exceed fifty-four (54) inches in height. The maximum cabinet
height shall be fifty-four (54) inches in height.
(9) If signs are illuminated, only internal illumination
shall be permitted. This requirement shall not apply to
freestanding or ground signs.
(10) The length of any flushwall sign for an individual
tenant space shall be limited to seventy-five (75)
percent of the width of the tenant storefront, but no
sign shall exceed forty (40) feet in length; provided,
however, that any individual tenant space exceeding
forty-five thousand (45,000) square feet in floor area
shall be permitted one (1) flushwall sign not exceeding
fifty-five (55) feet in length. Each tenant space shall
be allowed one such flushwall sign on each exterior
building wall directly adjacent to the tenant space. In
the event that a tenant space does not have a directly
adjacent exterior wall , one sign not exceeding thirty
(30) square feet may be erected on an exterior wall of
the building for the purpose of identifying that tenant
space.
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(11) No illuminated sign visible from or within three hundred
(300) feet of any property which contains an existing or
approved residential use or is zoned for residential
use, may be illuminated between the hours of eleven
(11:00) p.m. (or one-half [1/2] hour after the use to
which it is pertains is closed, whichever is later) and
six (6:00) a.m. ; provided, however, that this time
limitation shall not apply to any lighting which is used
primarily for the protection of the premises or for
safety purposes or any signage which is separated from
a residential use by an arterial street. For the
purposes of this subsection, the term "approved" shall
be defined as having current preliminary or final
planned unit development approval .
(12) One flushwall sign or under-canopy sign per street
frontage, not to exceed twelve (12) square feet in area,
shall be permitted on or under the fascia of a canopy
covering the retail dispensing or sales of vehicular
fuels.
(13) Awning signs shall not be permitted to be back-lit
except for individual letters and business logo only.
The extent of signage on an awning shall be limited to
the lesser of thirty-five (35) square feet per
individual tenant space or twenty-five (25) percent of
the total area of the awning and shall be applied to the
most vertical portion of the awning. Awning signs shall
not be allowed above the first story of a building.
(14) For the first two hundred (200) feet in building
frontage length in a neighborhood service center, the
maximum sign area permitted shall be equal to one and
one-quarter (1 1/4) square feet for each linear foot of
building frontage length. For that portion of a
building frontage which exceeds two hundred (200) feet
in length, the maximum sign area permitted shall be
equal to two-thirds (2/3) foot for each linear foot of
building frontage length over such two hundred (200)
feet.
(15) For the first two hundred (200) feet in building
frontage length in a neighborhood convenience shopping
center, business service use or auto-related and
roadside commercial use, the maximum sign area permitted
shall be equal to one (1) square foot for each linear
foot of building frontage length. For that portion of
a building frontage which exceeds two hundred (200) feet
in length, the maximum sign area permitted shall be
equal to one-half (1/2) foot for each linear foot of
building frontage over such two hundred (200) feet.
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(16) In addition to the basic size allowance permitted under
subsection 29-593.1 (4) , the sign area and height of a
freestanding or ground sign may be increased by an
additional twenty (20) percent if only identification of
the name and/or logo of the retail center or business
park is used on the primary or secondary freestanding or
ground sign. This bonus shall only be applied to the
freestanding or ground sign on which the limitation
occurs.
(17) Window signs, excluding ideological signs, may cover no
more than twenty-five (25) percent of the surface area
of the window or door in which such signs are placed.
Temporary window signs shall not be allowed above the
first story of a building. A window sign shall be
considered to be a temporary window sign if it is
displayed in the same window or door, or same
approximate location outside of a window or door, for no
more than thirty (30) calendar days within a six (6)
month period of time. Changes in the message displayed
on such sign shall not affect the computation of the
thirty (30) day period of time provided for herein.
Section 3. That Section 29-1 of the Code of the City is hereby amended,
in alphabetical , by the addition of the definition of "Window signs," which
shall read as follows:
Sec. 29-1. Definitions.
Window sign shall mean a sign which is painted on, applied or
attached to a window or door, or located within three (3) feet of
the interior of the window or door and is visible from the exterior
of the building.
Section 4. That Section 29-526(G) (3) (b) of the Land Development Guidance
System, relating to preliminary architectural elevations, of the Code of the City
is hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) . Preliminary architectural elevations of all buildings
sufficient to convey the basic architectural intent of the proposed
improvements, including the location of proposed flushwall signs.
Section 5. That Section 29-526 of the Code of the City, the Land
Development Guidance System, is hereby amended by the addition of a new criterion
to the ALL DEVELOPMENT category of the Land Development Guidance System, which
new criterion shall read as follows:
49. Are flushwall signs positioned to harmonize with the
architecture character of the building(s) to which they are
attached, including but not limited to any projection, relief,
cornice, column, change of building material , window or door
opening? Do they align with other flushwall signs on the same
building?
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Section 6. That if any section, subsection, paragraph, clause or other
provisions of this Ordinance shall for any reason be held to be invalid or
unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability thereof shall not affect any
of the remaining sections, subsections, paragraphs, clauses or provisions of this
Ordinance.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published in
summary form this 15th day of December A.D. 1992, and to be presented for final
passage on the 5th day of January, A.D. 199�3.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 5th day of January, A.D. 1993 .
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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